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EHH love him or hate him has a hard nosed approach to shipper shanagins whether they demand Rolls Royce service and want to pay Volkswagen freight rates or activate one of a hundred sneaky tricks shippers can and do deploy against hidebound leviathan class one properties with disinterested local man...

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Keefe go to YouTube and type in....." cmq job 277 extra welded rail train chase." One the best videos I have seen.It follows a welded rail train to Millinocket at 17:06 the new CMQ hoppers come into view as a train sets off in Millinocket yard. Numbered 708 and 376 it surprised me they wer...

CBC is reporting via the BLE-T.org web site the cab driver who transported MMA engineer Harding has been testifying. He stated that he become concerned about the lead locomotive slinging oil and that Mr. Harding's shirt was spotted with oil droplets. He also testified that the large volume of oil al...

I recently watched a YouTube video of a train interchanging in Millinocket yard and spotted two brand new CMQ covered hoppers and was wondering what possibly new traffic prompted CMQ to buy brand new hoppers. Definitely a sign of better times ahead IIRC they were numbered in the low 300's.

I agree Gilbert although I can see the top MMA officials embroiled in legal problems for years to come. The fish rots from the head. I also believe the three defendants on trial will most likely be handed a guilty verdict. Public opinion and emotions still run high in this matter and to be frank it ...

Any body know if CMQ will keep the U-boat fleet ? They do make excellent switchers and power for locals.

The trial has started in the MMA Megantic disaster.Ble-t.org and The Globe and Mail have articles up as of today 10/07/2017.

Loaded up on CSX stock on Sept.6,2016 at 27.85 a share, mid July 2017 it floated up to 55 a share and Sept. 16 it closed at 52.18 although the price/earnings ratio is a bit troubling. Putting personalities aside EHH is working his magic on the hide bound CSX. The reason he cut the place off at the l...

You Tuber RailFanCam 3071 has posted a you tube video of a CMQ welded rail train operating between NMJ and Millinocket titled..." CMQ job 277 extra welded rail train chase 9/03/2017"... Again it amazes me how well groomed the CMQ property looks. Millinocket yard is freshly surfaced and the...

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The ever industrious Maine Train Chaser has two You Tube videos dated 8/27/17 chasing Job1/ Job 2, both trains close to 80-90 cars. Job 2 has two well cars head out with two containers a piece double stacked, couldn't read the reporting marks though. Hopefully the sales department is diversifying th...

That yard is called Parkview. The LV had the upper half and the PC had the lower half. The PC's West side branch came off the LV connector and went up about 10 blocks to a few customers including General Electric.

Over on You Tube Maine Train Chaser has a number of very recent video chases of Job1/2 including several on the elusive CMQ Canadian Sherbrooke sub. Most of the trackage videoed on the Moosehead and Sherbrooke has welded rail, fresh ballast, no weeds and includes a bilingual defect detector. They mu...

I bought a load of CSX stock last year around 27 a share and Friday it closed at 48 and briefly flirted over 49 dollars a share during trading hours. MMWGA...... Make My Wallet Great Again. 62 million Frenchmen cant be wrong. LOL